Seasonal allergies worse? Blame climate change

Seasonal allergies worse? Blame climate change

As temperatures rise, plants produce more pollen over a longer period of time. But locally collected pollen counts are on the way to help Mainers with seasonal allergies navigate the worst of the sneeze season.

"Untreated allergy can spread to the lower respiratory system, not only to the nose, but also to the bronchi. Seasonal asthma symptoms can also occur," says Prof. Ewa Czarnobilska, head of the Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology at the Jagiellonian University Medical College, during an open lecture on the Internet Radio RMF24. As the expert informs, April is the birch pollen season, while May and June are the months when symptom…